PHUKET: A taxi driver has been fined 1,000 baht and instructed to attend a course on good manners for being rude to a visitor from Bangkok he tried to overcharge on Friday night.

Popular American podcaster Joe Rogan has apologised amid a backlash against Covid-19 misinformation in his programme, while his platform, Spotify Technology SA , said it would add a "content advisory" to any episode with discussion of the coronavirus...

A new species of flowering creeper has been found in Tak province and its discovery published in an international journal on botany, according to Sermpong Nualngam, of Protected Areas Regional Office 16 in Mae Sariang district.

The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.

KYIV: In a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, a group of Ukrainian civilians build shelters from snow and tree branches as part of a crash course in survival techniques.

HONG KONG: Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has said he "will never forget" K-pop star and Thai icon BamBam, after the Thai icon's social media influence helped him become an NBA All-Star for the first time.

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong cabinet minister resigned on Monday for attending a birthday party alongside dozens of officials and lawmakers just days after the city's government had called on people to avoid large gatherings to fight a coronavirus outbreak...

There were 16 more Covid-19 fatalities and 8,008 new cases recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.

A group of young men were recently stopped at a security checkpoint in Yangon and asked to hand over their mobile phones. After being questioned about social media apps on their phones, one was fined for using a virtual private network (VPN).

STOCKHOLM - Music streaming giant Spotify announced Sunday that it would start guiding listeners of podcasts discussing Covid-19 to more information about the pandemic, following a row that saw artist Neil Young remove his music from the platform.